Wednesday, July 26, 2017 Game #103 (51-51

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Safeco Field BOSTON RED SOX (55-47) vs. SEATTLE MARINERS (51-51) Home #56 (30-25)
TODAY’S GAME INFORMATION
Starting Pitchers: LHP Chris Sale (12-4, 2.58) vs. RHP Andrew Moore (1-2, 5.70)
12:40 pm PT • Radio: 710 ESPN / Mariners.com • TV: ROOT SPORTS
Day Date Opp. Time (PT) Mariners Pitcher Opposing Pitcher RADIO
Thursday July 27 OFF DAY
Friday July 28 NYM 7:10 pm LH Ariel Miranda (7-4, 4.30) vs. RH Rafael Montero (1-7, 5.19) 710 ESPN
Saturday July 29 NYM 1:10 pm RH Yovani Gallardo (4-7, 5.58) vs. RH Jacob deGrom (12-3, 3.30) 710 ESPN
Sunday July 30 NYM 1:10 pm LH James Paxton (10-3, 2.84) vs. RH Seth Lugo (4-2 + tonight) 710 ESPN
All games televised on ROOT SPORTS with home games featuring Spanish Audio via TV SAP
TODAY’S TILT…the Mariners continue a 3-team, 11-day, 10-game homestand with the finale (2-0) of a
AL WILD CARD 3-game series vs. Boston…will also face New York-NL to cap homestand after starting it with a 4-game
The Mariners enter play today 2.5 games set vs. New York-AL (1-3)…following Sunday’s game, will depart for a 10-day, 9-game, 3-city trip to Texas
back of Kansas City for the final American
League Wild Card spot:
(3 G), Kansas City (4 G) and Oakland (2 G)…today’s game will be televised live in HD on ROOT SPORTS
TEAM W-L Pct. GB
NW and broadcast live on 710 ESPN Seattle and the Mariners Radio Network.
New York-AL 52-46 .531 +0.5 ODDS AND ENDS…Seattle is 10-5 in its last 15 games, 20-20 in last 40 and have won 30-of-the-last-52…
Kansas City 52-47 .525 ---
Tampa Bay 52-49 .515 -1.0 are 31-24 in last 55 games, 34-30 in last 64 and 40-35 in the last 75…are 9-7-2 in home series, 6-8-1 in road
Seattle 51-51 .500 -2.5 series…are 50-45 in 95 games after opening the season 1-6…are 30-25 at home, but 21-26 on the road.
Minnesota 49-50 .495 -3.0
• What a Relief - the Mariners bullpen combined to hold Boston to 1 run on 5 hits with 5 strikeouts and 4
AL BATTING LEADERS walks over 7.1 innings pitched last night (Steve Cishek, 1.1 IP, David Phelps, 0.2 IP, Marc Rzepczynski,
0.1 IP, Edwin Díaz, 1.0 IP, Nick Vincent, 1.0 IP, James Pazos, 1.0 IP and Tony Zych, 2.0 IP)…marked
Rk. Name AVG the 2nd time this season Seattle’s relief corps had combined to allow 1 run-or-fewer in at least 7.0 innings
1. Jose Altuve............. .364 (139x382)
2. Jean Segura......... .327 (100x306)
pitched (also: 7/16 at CWS).
3. Ben Gamel.............. .321 (98x305) • Slugging Seager - Kyle Seager has hit 7 home runs in his last 26 games, dating back to June 23…his 7
4. Jose Ramirez.......... .321 (119x371) home runs rank T6th in the American League during that span.
5. Carlos Correa......... .320 (104x325) • Back on Track - over the club’s last 57 games, since May 21, the Mariners bullpen has posted a 2.65 ERA
(57 ER, 193.2 IP), the best in the Majors during that span…Seattle’s bullpen ranks ahead of Los Ange-
AL RBI LEADERS les-NL (2.77/60 ER, 194.2 IP) and Boston (2.79/57 ER, 183.2 IP) during that span.
• RBI Duo - Nelson Cruz leads the AL in RBI with 75 while Robinson Canó ranks T7th with 66 RBI…Seattle
Rk. Name RBI
is one of two American League teams and seven Major League teams (also: Washington-4, Colorado-3,
1. Nelson Cruz............................. 75
2. Aaron Judge............................... 73
Arizona, Cincinnati, Miami and Houston) to have multiple players with at least 65 RBI each.
3. Jonathan Schoop....................... 71 • Four Square - Seattle is 48-16 when scoring 4 runs-or-more, but 3-35 when scoring 3-or-fewer runs…
4. Khris Davis................................. 69 have lost 28 consecutive games when scoring 3-or-fewer runs.
5. Miguel Sano............................... 68 BREAK OUT THE BROOMS…the Mariners are looking to sweep the Boston Red Sox in a series of at least
3 games for the 5th time in club history…Seattle’s last sweep of the Red Sox came on Aug. 22 – 24, 2014
INSIDE THE NUMBERS at Boston…Seattle has swept Boston 3 times in Seattle, including twice at Safeco Field (last: 6/25-27/07).

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HITTING FOR AVERAGE AND POWER…Ben Gamel is one of 10 players in the Major Leagues – including
1 of 4 in the AL – this season to be batting at least .320 with an on-base percentage of at least .370 and
a slugging percentage of at least .460…Gamel (.321 AVG, .373 OBP, .462 SLG) is joined by Jose Altuve-
Nick Vincent ranks 6th among AL
relievers with a 1.91 ERA (9 ER, 42.1 IP). HOU, Charlie Blackmon-COL, Carlos Correa-HOU, Bryce Harper-WAS, Daniel Murphy-WAS, Buster
Posey-SF, Jose Ramirez-CLE, Chris Taylor-LAD and Justin Turner-LAD.

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The Mariners have won 7 games in
Z MARKS THE SPOT…Mike Zunino has hit 14 home runs in his last 40 games, dating back to June 3…
among players with at least 145 plate appearances during that span (6/3-c), he leads the Major Leagues in
at-bats-per-home-run with a 9.43 clip (14 HR, 132 AB)…he also ranks T5th in the Major Leagues in home
comeback fashion since the All-Star runs (also: Aaron Judge-NYY, Travis Shaw-MIL and Justin Smoak-TOR) during that same span (6/3-c)…
Break, tied with Pittburgh for the most
in the Majors during that span…of the
he trails only Miami’s Giancarlo Stanton (17), Los Angeles-NL’s Cody Bellinger (16), Cincinnati’s Scooter
Mariners 8 wins since the Break, 7 have Gennett (15) and Kansas City’s Mike Moustakas (15).
been comeback wins. SETTING SALE…among active players with at least 25 career plate appearances vs. Red Sox starter
Chris Sale, Nelson Cruz’s .348 (8x23) average is 2nd-best in the Majors…he trails only Victor Martinez

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Ben Gamel has hit safely in 12
(.423/22x52) while ranking ahead of Eric Hosmer (.346/18x52), Jose Iglesias (.344/11x32) and Alcides
Escobar (.343/24x70)…overall, Cruz is batting .348 (8x23) with 2 home runs, 4 RBI, 2 walks, a .400 on-base
percentage and a .609 slugging percentage in his career vs. Sale.
consecutive games (7/14-c), batting
.314 (16x51) with 10 runs, 3 doubles, PICKING UP THE PACE…since May 28, the Mariners have the 5th-best winning percentage in the Major
1 triple, 2 home runs and 6 RBI…ranks Leagues…Seattle is 30-22 (.577) during that span, trailing only Los Angeles-NL (40-11/.784), Houston (33-
3rd among active streaks. 17/.660), Kansas City (31-20/.608) and Washington (29-21/.580).

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MAKE IT A DOUBLE…Robinson Canó collected his 496th career double in the 3rd inning last night,
breaking a tie with Frank Thomas and Aramis Ramirez to move into sole possession of 68th-most career
doubles in Major League history…Canó is 1 double shy of tying Hall of Famer Sam Rice (497) for 67th-
Mike Zunino ranks 3rd among all
catchers with 15 home runs this
most all-time…with 4 more doubles, Canó will become the 63rd player in MLB history with at least 500
season…trails only Salvador Perez-KC career doubles…of the 62 players with 500+ doubles, 37 are in the Hall of Fame…Edgar Martinez is still
(17) and Willson Contreras-CHC (16). the leader in the Mariners clubhouse with 514 career doubles.
LEFT-ON-LEFT SUCCESS…the Mariners have faced left-handed starters in 4-of-their-last-5 games and
ON THIS DATE will face a southpaw starter today…Ben Gamel is batting .359 (28x78) vs. left-handed pitchers this season,
2015: Franklin Gutierrez hit a walk-off
home run and the Mariners turned a
the top average in the Majors by a left-handed batter vs. southpaws this season…overall, he is batting
rare triple play in a 6-5 win over Toron- .359 with 7 doubles, 2 triples, 1 home run and 13 RBI vs. LHP this season…since 2014, Kyle Seager leads
to in 10 innings…the Mariners turned a all left-handed batters with 32 home runs vs. left-handed pitchers…during that time span, Seager ranks
3-6-2-2 triple play, the 11th in franchise
history…according to the SABR triple
ahead of Anthony Rizzo (31), Chris Davis (30), Robinson Canó (26) and Joey Votto (25).
play database of over 700 Triple Plays, NO RUNS FOR YOU…Nick Vincent has not allowed a run in 22.2 innings pitched over 24 appearances at
Seattle’s triple play was the first featur-
ing a 3-6-2-2 triple play since Aug. 3,
Safeco Field this season, equaling the Mariners single-season club record for consecutive scoreless relief
1955…#Mariners40 outings at home (also: George Sherrill, 4/4 – 7/18/07)…overall at home, Vincent is 1-0 with 6 holds over
22.2 scoreless innings…he has limited opponents to a .165 (13x79) average, while walking 3 and striking
VS. RED SOX out 22…Vincent joins Philadelphia’s Pat Neshek (21.2 ShO IP at home) and Boston’s Blaine Boyer (10.1
The Mariners and Red Sox meet in the ShO IP at home) as the only relievers in the Majors to not allow a run at home this season (min. 10.0 IP).
final (3-2) of 6 games this year…Boston
won 2-of-3 vs. Seattle, May 26-28, at
Fenway Park: AS YOU MAY KNOW…Ben Gamel is batting .321 (98x305) with a .373 on-base percentage and a .462
Year Home Road Totals slugging percentage…BUT DID YOU KNOW?…that the last 3 rookies to post a triple slash of at least
2017 2-0 1-2 3-2 .320/.370/.460 each won Rookie of the Year honors?…the last 3 rookies to meet those criteria were Mike
2016 2-2 1-2 3-4
2015 2-2 1-2 3-4 Trout-LAA in 2012, Chris Coghlan-MIA in 2009 and Albert Pujols-STL in 2001, each of whom claimed
2014 2-1 3-0 5-1 their respective league’s Rookie of the Year honors…Gamel is currently just the 10th rookie to post that
All-Time 100-112 77-125 177-237
slash line since Ted Williams did so in 1939.
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FRIDAY’S PROBABLE STARTING PITCHER: LHP ARIEL MIRANDA (7-4, 4.30 ERA)
28-year-old left-hander is scheduled to make his team-high 21st start of the season on Friday vs. the Mets…ND in last start, a 6-5 win vs. NYY (5.1,5,2,2,1,4);
...W#7 on June 30 at LAA (7.0,2,0,0,2,4)…L#4 6/25 vs. HOU (7.1,5,4,4,1,2,HR-2) with all 4 runs coming in 4th inning...L#3 on June 15 at MIN (4.0,10,6,6,1,2,3HR),
snapping his 5-game win streak...went 5-0 with 3.40 ERA (20 ER, 53.0 IP) over 9 starts, April 28-June 10...W #6, his 5th straight on 6/4 vs. TB (9.0,4,1,1,1,9);
was first career CG…W#1 on 4/17 vs. MIA; tossed 7.0 scoreless innings, the longest scoreless outing of his career (7.0,4,0,0,0,5)…2016 SEASON: Was 5-2
with a 3.88 ERA (25 ER, 58.0) with 44 strikeouts in 12 games including 10 starts with Seattle (11 G) and Baltimore (1 G)…CAREER: A native of Havana, Cuba,
Miranda originally signed with Baltimore as a non-drafted free agent on May 27, 2015...CUBA: Pitched 7 seasons in the Serie Nacional Cuban League, compiling
a career record of 22-25 with a 3.78 ERA (162 ER, 386.0 IP) with 274 strikeouts and 151 walks in 80 career games, including 64 starts…INTERLEAGUE: Is 3-0
with a 5.19 ERA (15 ER, 26.0 IP) in 5 career Interleauge starts, including going 3-0 with a 5.31 ERA (12 ER, 20.1 IP) in 4 IL starts this season...vs. NYM: making
his first career appearance vs. the Mets
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